- Pew: Obama has made 32 recess appointments over his two terms, the lowest amount out of the past five presidents. The Supreme Court seems willing to restrict the power of recess appointments by the Presidents.

Booker is angling for the Democratic veep nomination. The Israeli lobby and the money it brings in is critical to his marketing campaign. He is being run by the PTB to be Pres in 2020 (or earlier if Hillary dies in office). That he has no qualifications is no disqualification, as we’ve learned from the past two Preznitz’s .

That is consistent with what I first picked up in passing sometime in 2013. Haven’t made a project out of figuring him out in detail, but evidence like the linked item and your information is starting to come in.

” bottled water for life “. Yeah, that about says it all when it comes to your gov’t working for your best interests. Tap water: fagitaboutit! Corporate water, in fucking plastic, sold to you with 2000% markups. ( Just so you remember how this country really works. ) And, what will the poor drink? Each others precious bodily fluids with rainbow food colorings for free, of course. Gov. Christie was to be the 2016 version of ” compassionate conservatism ” but he’s just the tip of the spear for the crushing of the 99%. The only thing compassionate about his supporters will be a double tap to the back of your head instead of to your face. Now we can all drink to that, can’t we? With corporate bottled water, a 2000% markup, and a life sentence for free. Yeah, that’s the ticket! ( Who regulates the regulators? )

Obama has made 32 recess appointments over his two terms, the lowest amount out of the past five presidents.

And why is that so? This is a big issue that’s reliably hidden by the corp-fascist M$M. People who say we need to vote in “D” pols bc of court appointments need to take a gander at this statistic. I doubt much will change before Zero leaves office.

I can only assume that he’s put the brakes on judicial appts bc the PTB only want certain types of judges… and it’s hard to juggle the fact that O’s supposedly a “D” with hiring corporatist, rightwing judges. Or something.

I haven’t got the faintest, but I noticed at the time of the Benghazi brouhaha that herface looked swollen, and that hasn’t changed. Suggests she might be on cortisone; could be some form of rheumatoid arthritis. In any event, she doesn’t look well. If that’s the case the Party is doing a good job hiding her condition. They don’t want a freeforall nominating process they can’t control, and there aren’t any of the old stalwarts from c. 2000 left. Kerry is damaged goods; so is Dean. Nobdy knows Schweizer, and Warren is a sitting duck for a vicious bank-financed attack. I think in the end we will get JEB if the thugs can keep their crazies in line by buying them off one more time.

“The typhoon displaced over 4.1 million people. Most are now patching up or rebuilding their houses, or living in evacuation centers, tent cities, or with relatives. The government built the bunkhouses as interim accommodation for families whose former homes were close to the sea, where they are no longer allowed to live because of the risk of storm surges.

Bowing to international pressure, the authorities have agreed to double the size of the rooms that families are assigned in future bunkhouses, from 90 square feet to 180 square feet.

At a site just south of Tacloban City, 17 bunkhouses skirt an expanse of waterlogged wasteland. About 50 families have already moved in to two of them. Each family lives in a single small plywood box-like room, 8 feet by 12 feet. They have no electricity, nor any source of drinking water, though the walkways outside their doors are flooded ankle deep with rainwater. ”

2009 – Fractured right elbow – led to speculation she might be developing osteoporosis.

2012 – “stomach virus”

Dec. 2012 – Blood clot behind right ear (subdural hematoma) stemming from concussion sustained when she fainted and fell. Clot was located in vein between brain and skull. She was prescribed “blood thinners.”

Agree about Hillary. I first thought she was faking to avoid Benghazi testimony, but when she finally reappeared in public she looked terrible, like unwell terrible. She has been out of sight since. Went back to read what was reported at the time: dehydration, stomach problem, fainting & hitting head was genuine, leading to concussion, and they found a blood clot.

Ds can control the nominating process if Hillary proves too unwell. Won’t start paying attention to that until closer to the date.

Kerry tried to lose the 2004 election in the worst way. Windsurfing, not responding to Swift Boat attacks, bone-headed “reporting for duty,” many others I’ve forgotten. Kerry almost flubbed it. Were it not for Rove’s fixing Ohio machines, Kerry would have won.

Don’t know what the behind-the-scenes was about, though, i.e., why was Kerry the designator loser.

Disagree about Rs. They got nobody. That the early pick was Christie tells you how thin their team is, if you didn’t learn it in 2012. Fissures between TP & other Rs gigantic. They’ll rip each other apart and, with luck, Rs will be relegated to southern racist stump that can not put anyone in the WH.